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Pati Marr: Freelance TV Director PATI MARR STUDIO, OB & TV DIRECTOR _______________________________________________________________________ Contact: Mobile: 07973 510330 Email: [email protected] Website: www.patimarr.tv _______________________________________________________________________ Awards/Courses: University of St Andrews: M.A. Hons French 2 x Bafta Awards: Director, Best Light Entertainment Series Director, Best Talk Show 1 x Bafta Scotland Award: Director, Best Children’s Programme, 2013 BBC Studio Directing Course ________________________________________________________________________ Current / Recent Projects: Yer Granny BBC Comedy Show Starring Rab C Nesbitt BBC Proms 2015 Albert Hall Concert With Nicola Benedetti / Bournemouth S.O. CBBC The Dog Ate My Homework (series 3) Bafta Nominated Entertainment Series Presented by Iain Sterling BBC Worldwide Showcase Live Event from Liverpool Echo Arena With Back Street Boys, Strictly Come Dancing Sir David Attenborough, Trevor Eve, Russell Tovey, Paulo Nutini, John Cleese, David Hasselhoff Mad Lab BBC Learning Drama for 7 year-old children Still Game BBC Live Comedy at Glasgow Hydro Arena _______________________________________________________________________ Comedy/L.E. Programmes: Ask Rhod Gilbert (BBC 1 Comedy Series) 2 Monumental BBC N.I. Comedy presented by Adam Hills I’ve Never Seen Star Wars (BBC4) Comedy series presented by Marcus Brigstocke Dead Ringers (Series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) (BBC 2) The Frankie Boyle Show (BBC Scotland) The Royle Family (Pilot: Granada /BBC 1) with Caroline Aherne Distraction (Talkback/C 4) presented by Jimmy Carr The Late Edition Live (5 Series) BBC4 Satire presented by Marcus Brigstocke The Goodies’ Christmas Reunion (2005) (Objective North Productions) It’s A Family Affair (RTE) Presented by Dara O’Brain Tonight With Jonathan Ross Channel X / Live L.E. Series for C 4 The Ralf Little Show (BBC) Series of 16 Chat and Live Music Shows The Mrs Merton Show (2 series) (Granada /BBC 2) Mrs Merton in Vegas 2 Special O.B.s, Flamingo Hilton, Las Vegas Night of a Thousand Faces BBC 1 presented by Dame Edna Everage Jason Byrne Hates … (BBC) Comedy Series, with Jason Byrne Baddiel’s Syndrome (Sky One) Sit Com by David Baddiel The Dave Gorman Collection (Series of 6 for BBC2) Head on Comedy (Assembly Film + TV/BBC 1) Presented by Jo Brand Don’t Panic! Tribute to Dad’s Army (BBC1) Presented by Victoria Wood Happy Birthday Spike Milligan (BBC1) O.B. presented by Terry Wogan 2 3 The End of the Year Show (BBC1) Presented by Angus Deayton Clive Anderson Talks Back (4 Series) Hat Trick Productions / C4 The Clive James Show Watchmaker Productions/Carlton Television/BBC 1 _______________________________________________________________________ Children’s Programmes: The Dog Ate My Homework CBBC Panel/Entertainment Show Series 1 + 2 (2013-2014) Presented by Iain Sterling Who Let the Dogs Out CBBC OB series presented by Ashleigh Butler and Pudsey Comic Relief Does Glee Club CBBC (& BBC 1) Live Finals Presented by Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes **AWARDED SCOTTISH BAFTA 2013** Blue Peter BBC 1 Presented by Helen Skelton and Barney Harwood ________________________________________________________________________ Arts/Music Programmes: Addicts’ Orchestra Concert with London Symphony Orchestra BBC Proms Live from the Albert Hall (various, since 2009) Queen’s Diamond BBC 1 (Music Barge with London Jubilee Live Philharmonic Orchestra) Olympic Torch Live arrival at Belfast City Centre BBC NI London Philharmonic Corporate Concert from Royal Academy of Art Orchestra Live Courtyard, Live streamed Songs of Praise Presented by Eamonn Holmes Carnlough, Northern Ireland Songs of Praise 4 Special OBs (Dana/Mavis Staples/Alfie Boe/ Rick Wakeman 3 4 ________________________________________________________________________ Current Affairs/ Features: BBC Worldwide Live Event presented by Graham Norton Showcase 2014 with Jeremy Clarkson + Top Gear Team, Peter Capaldi , Sir David Attenborough, Dancing to the Stars Team Harvest BBC 2 Series presented by Greg Wallace and Philippa Forrester London Fashion Week Live-Streamed coverage for Top Shop The Libya Conference, (Feltech Electronics Ltd) Foreign Office (March 2011) The General Election 2010 (BBC) Springwatch /Autumnwatch BBC (2006-2010) With Bill Oddie, Kate Humble, Simon King Channel 4 Political Awards (Annually, over 11 years) McDougall Craig / Hosted by Jon Snow Stonehenge Live (C5/Darlow Smithson) 2 x Live OBs from Stonehenge 2005 ________________________________________________________________________ Corporate Programmes: China Media Centre Corporate Presentation for Chinese TV Executives at University of Westminster Freelance Awards 2015 Director/Vision mixer Live Stream Presented by Sue Lawley Microsoft Live Magazine Show live webstreamed to USA London Fashion Week (Pretzel TV) (Top Shop) 2010 -2012 Director/Vision Mixer Live Stream John Frieda First ever Live Magazine programme for John Frieda, streamed live 2011 4 5 You Tube Symphony London Symphony Orchestra Orchestra 2010 Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas The Stella Artois Awards 2010 Director/Vision Mixer Live Stream Doordarshan (Indian State TV) 8-Cam OB (BBC) /Grosvenor House Hotel Celebrity Launch Event Comedy, Music, Entertainment European Space Agency (Worldwide Group) Live Launch (Germany) Live Satellite Launch Event 5 .
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